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What is the current significance of low birthweight pigs on commercial farms in Northern Ireland in terms of impaired growth and mortality?

There is little modern data addressing the differential lifetime growth of commercially reared low and average birthweight pigs born into large litters (>14 piglets). As such, the main aim of this study was to quantify the lifetime growth and mortality rate of low and average birthweight pigs on...

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Autores principales: Hawe, Samuel J, Scollan, Nigel, Gordon, Alan, Magowan, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32939443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txaa147